UnionBank, Standard Chartered Tap Blockchain for $190 Million Bond Issuance
The Filipino branch of UnionBank and Standard Chartered, have joined forces to launch a distributed ledger technology (DLT) based bond issuance platform. The system has successfully been used to tokenize…
Read More »Velas Joins the Travala Ecosystem
ZUG, Switzerland, December 6, 2020 /ACCESSWIRE/ — Velas (VLX), the cryptocurrency that powers the Velas self-optimizing blockchain platform, will soon be supported by the number one blockchain-based travel booking platform…
Read More »Ripple Set to Sell Part of MoneyGram Stake
Payments giant Ripple is mulling selling a stake in MoneyGram. Ripple Set to Sell Part of MoneyGram Stake According to a report by The Block published on November 28, Ripple…
Read More »Report: US Intelligence Asks SEC to Support Bitcoin and Crypto Companies
The US is finally waking up to Chinese dominance in the crypto industry. SEC Urged to Support Bitcoin and Crypto Companies According to a report by The Washington Examiner, the…
Read More »US: Travellers Can Now Pay for Passport Services with Bitcoin
The payments for the service will be processed through Coinbase Commerce, the merchant payments offshoot of the crypto exchange. Pay for Passport Services with Bitcoin In yet another development propelling…
Read More »Altcoin Explorer: How Polkadot (DOT) Is Leading the Blockchain Interoperability Race
Amid the rapidly maturing decentralized finance (DeFi) space within the larger cryptocurrency industry, one major smart-contract platform has caught the attention of everyone – Polkadot (DOT). In this Altcoin Explorer,…
Read More »IOTA (MIOTA) Releases Status Update for November
IOTA (MIOTA) has released details concerning the major achievements the project has made so far in November. IOTA says its researchers have made significant progress on the Pollen testnet implementation,…
Read More »Switzerland: Major Russian Bank Gets Crypto Custody Approval from FINMA
Major private-owned Russian bank is going all-in on Bitcoin. Gazprombank Bets Big on Bitcoin In a major bullish development for the wider cryptocurrency market, major private-owned Russian bank Gazprombank recently…
Read More »Iranian Authorities Eye Bitcoin (BTC) for Payment of Imports
The Iranian government has made it compulsory for bitcoin (BTC) miners in the country to sell their coins to the state, so authorities can use the digital currency to pay…
Read More »NEAR Protocol Adopts Ontology’s (ONT) Decentralized Identity Solution
NEAR, a decentralized application (dApp) development platform that claims to be focused on putting the power of the Open Web in the hands of everyday people, has adopted Ontology’s Decentralized…
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